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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Smiley

Pop Culture Happy Hour

NPR

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

If you're looking for a charming romantic comedy, consider checking out the Netflix series Smiley. Set in Barcelona, it follows Alex and Bruno, two very different men who meet and experience an overwhelming attraction that they then, as they must, struggle with enormously. Can these two ever find happiness?

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If you're looking for a charming romantic comedy, consider checking out the Netflix series

0:09.0

Smiley.

0:10.0

Set in Barcelona, it follows Alex and Bruno to very different men who meet and experience

0:15.8

an overwhelming attraction that they then, as they must, struggle with enormously.

0:21.3

Alex ends up in Bruno's phone as Alex two gyms.

0:25.0

Bruno ends up in Alex's phone as Bruno snob.

0:28.6

On these two ever-fine happiness, I'm Glenn Weldon.

0:31.7

And I'm Linda Holmes.

0:32.7

And today we're talking about Smiley on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

0:38.1

It's just the two of us today, Glenn.

0:42.8

I am happy to be here with you talking about Smiley.

0:45.5

Me too you.

0:46.9

This story is set in Barcelona.

0:49.2

Parts of it are in Spanish and parts are in Catalan, which is very true to Barcelona.

0:54.1

It was written by Guillem Clua and is based on his play of the same name.

0:59.1

It stars Carlos Cuevas as Alex, who's focused on going to the gym and on having fun,

1:04.6

and whose favorite movie is Frozen.

1:07.1

And Mickey S. Barbe plays Bruno, a shire, squareer architect who cannot believe any adult's favorite

1:13.6

movie is Frozen.

1:15.5

The two men meet through a misunderstanding.

1:17.6

They have one remarkable encounter and then they go off in separate directions, but they

1:21.3

cannot stop thinking about each other.

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